Daily Archives: 11th August 2014

THE Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar, has called on the two major religions in Nigeria to put aside negative sentiments hampering the cordial relationship between them, for the sake of peace and unity in the country.He disclosed this in Kaduna, at the weekend, adding that only a harmonious relationship between adherents of the two…

by SAHARAREPORTERSOil Spill Sweet Crude reports Fire suspected to have been started by oil workers engaged by Shell on Sunday gutted a spill site on a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) oil field in Ayambele and Kalaba communities in Yenagoa Local Government of Bayelsa State. The spill site, which was being remediated by SPDC, was…

The Bayelsa State chapter of the Nigerian Legion has asked the Federal Government to allow them to assist in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the country. The Chairman of the Nigerian Legion in the state, Igirigi Effiong, said this in Yenagoa, the state capital, on Saturday shortly after the passing-out parade of…

by: Agency Reporter in News Update, Sports1 day agoThe family of the late Super Eagles midfielder, Sam Okwaraji , has urged the Federal Government to name the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, after the fallen soccer star.A bust of the late midfielder at the entrance of the stadium is the only reminder of how he…

By Abakaliki, Samson Nwafor Hundreds of Gwoza residents, Borno State who fled Boko Haram attacks on their community have said they are dying of hunger.The fleeing victims who are hiding in caves and nearby mountains cried out that they had no food to eat.A farmer from the town of Gwoza, Liman Ngosha told Agence French…

The Islamist terror group, Boko Haram, has routed Nigerian troops from four towns in Borno and Yobe states, both in Nigeria’s violence-plagued northeast that is the epicenter of the group’s activities. Six days ago, insurgents belonging to Boko Haram took over the town of Gwoza after overwhelming Nigerian troops guarding the town. The Islamist sect’s…

FOR once, President Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar are on the same page: Boko Haram is the worst security situation that has bedevilled this country. That is their opinion, not mine. I will tell you mine shortly. The president made his view known when he played host to a delegation of bishops…

Hundreds of women and children weekend forcefully stopped military trucks from conveying their husbands and fathers to the Boko Haram-seized Gwoza by locking the exit gates of a barracks in Borno State, demanding quality fighting equipment for the soldiers. Scores of soldiers have been killed by Boko Haram in Borno State in the last few…